Key: B
Introduction:
Am Dm Am
Used to have just one foot out the door
Am Dm C
Yeah, I always wanted more
C G C
I always was the one
C E
You thought would never marry
Am Dm Am
Used to be willfully obtuse
Am Dm C
(or is the word abstruse?)
C G C
Semantics like a noose
C E
Get out your dictionaries
Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here
Dm E
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E Dm
This is all non-fiction
Dm E
Words you beat with a stick
E E7
These are my true convictions
Chorus
E7 Am Dm
So tell me, are you serious?
C G
Are you serious?
C G C
Cause every night of your life
C E
You'll fight for it
Am Dm
So mysterious
C G
How imperious!
C G
But are you serious
B E
When it really comes down to it?
Solo - strum triplets of each chord}
Am C
Repeat Intro
Am Dm Am
I see that you're down there and I'm up here
Am Dm C
Your boyfriend's gone to get a beer
C G C E
Leaving us crystal clear lines of communications
Am Dm Am
Promise me you won't avert your eyes
Am Dm C
I drop my third-person in disguise
C G C
You know it's time to do or die
C E
No useless explanations
Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here
Dm E
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E Dm
This is all non-fiction
Dm E
Words you beat with a stick
E E7
These are my true convictions
Chorus
E7 Am Dm
So tell me, are you serious?
C G
Are you serious?
C G C
Cause every night of your life
C E
You'll fight for it
Am Dm
So mysterious
C G
How imperious!
C G
But are you serious
B E
When it really comes down to it?
Outro
C E
Fade Out
Am Dm
Are you serious?
C G
Are you serious?
C G C
Cause every night of your life
C E
You'll fight for it